Pile It On #43 - Be Happy

Life is tough sometimes and for that same reason we are saying you've got to BE HAPPY!  Enjoy the moments of life!  This week Jellypark is helping us BE HAPPY with their amazing images.

Claire, the brilliant mind behind all these quirky and amazing images, lives in England in the market town of Rayleigh in Essex where she works from home in her tiny and very messy little studio. Her original paintings are held in private collections across the world from Australia to the USA, her whimsical images perfect for children's bedrooms or for a quirky bit of art for any wall. She has illustrated a number of children's books and has recently also developed a new range of digital craft supplies. Latest projects include developing some children's stories for the ipad, a range of children's t-shirts and colouring posters.

They have a challenge blog: JellyPark Friends that starts on Fridays so go check it out and BE HAPPY!

Of course our winner this week gets to have some Jellypark park goodies delivered to her Inbox... a very good reason to BE HAPPY!

Now, while you enjoy that cup of coffee, tea or pop let's enjoy the happiness that the girls have brought this week to PIO.

Helen from Helen's Craft Haven:

Challenges for Helen:
Pile It On! - Be Happy
C.R.A.F.T. - Autumn
Cupcake Craft - Buttons & Bows
Dutch Dare - Photo Inspiration
Fab 'n' Funky - Distressed /Torn
If the Shoe Fits - Hallowe'en/Fall
Little Red Wagon - Fall
My Time to Craft - Punches or Dies (I used my Nesties & Tattered Florals dies)
Pollycraft - Girls
Sketchy Thursday - Sketch
Totally Papercrafts - Layers
Wags 'N Whiskers - Fall Colours

Elizabeth - Warm Harted

Challenges for Elizabeth
Pile it On - Be happy
Catered Crop - use the recipe
Clearly Inspired - pink
Crafters Companion - pink & green
KB Cute Monday - anything goes
Paper Cutz - pink
Paper Play - use some black
Polly Craft Monday - girls
Saturday Challenge - warm up
Send a Smile for Kids - for girls
Squirrel and the Fox - for the girls
Sweet Stamps - layers
Totally Paper Crafts - layers
Top Tip Tuesday - layers
By the Cute and Girly - anything goes

Chris V - Easily Amused

Challenges for Chris:
Pile It On #43 - Be Happy
Pals Paper Arts PPA116 - sketch
Really Reasonable Ribbon #34 - Fall theme
Friday Mash Up FM#25 - Belly Band and/or twine
Totally Papercrafts #89 - Layer Upon Layer
Our Creative Corner - Fabulous Faces (what's more fabulous than the look of joy on a child's face?)
Wee Memories #73 - Free for All
L'il Red Wagon #103 - Fall themed
4 Crafty Chicks #60 - Marker it Up
CCEE Stampers CCEE1142 - Fall Theme or Related to Fall
Top Tip #56 - Layer It
My Time to Craft #162 - Punches and Dies
City Crafter #79 - Harvest Festival
Picture Perfect Creations Specialty#11 - Fall/Halloween

Winners for PIO Challenge #41

Thank you all for participating in PIO #41: Just Because. As always, it was very tough to choose! Thank you all for sharing your gorgeous projects.

#41 Top 3:

#17 Hazel P

#37 Made By Mandy 

#51 Gerda

Lucky winner:
#26 Teresa Kline 

Congratulations Teresa, you win a Nikki Sivils' goodie package! Please contact [alidalis AT comcast DOT net].

If winners do not contact us in 1 month time frame the prize will be voided. Congratulations to you all, and we hope you'll join us for our current challenge, Fall is for Fun, sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.

Pile It On #42 - Fall is For Fun

It's time for another fabulous challenge at Pile It On where we encourage you to create something that fits with lots of challenges!
The challenge is super easy, "Fall Is Fun!" So anything about Fall that you have Fun doing will fit, it could be Pumpkin Picking, playing in the Leaves, baking a yummy pie with this years Harvest, anything like that will be perfect!

We're super excited to have Simon Says Stamp as our sponsor this week!

Simon Says Stamps has a huge selection of rubber Stamps, scrapbooking and paper crafting supplies. Also visit the Simon Says Stamp blog and they're now on Paper Crafts Planet HERE.
Simon Says Stamp has over 100,000 items in stock. They have all of the latest releases from Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Tim Holtz, Spellbinders, Copic and so much more! With free shipping for all International orders over $175 and USA Orders over $70, it’s a great time to shop with Simon Says Stamp.

The winners of this week's challenge will receive... a $15 of products from their store... I know this is HUGE.... so come along play with us!

Here are the fabulous samples that the team came up with this week.

Katie - Both Sides of The Paper

Challenges for Katie:
Pile It On - Fall Is Fun
Woodware USA - Anything Goes (2 entries only)
Fresh Brewed Monthly - Pumpkins (5 entries only)
Crafting For All Seasons - Fall Flowers or Pumpkins
For Fun - Pumpkins (no faces)
ABC DT Challenge - Pumpkins
Crafts and Me - Orange
Top Tip Tuesday - Use Designer Paper
Hanna and Friends - Autumn or Halloween
Fussy and Fancy - Halloween or Fall
The House That Stamps Built - Fall or Halloween
Wags N Whiskers - Fall Colors
Stampavie and More - Autumn



Scrappy from Big-Scrappy-World :

Scrappy's Challenges:

Pile it On - Fall Theme

Fun with Shapes and More - Sketch

Catch the Bug with Bugaboo Stamps - Animal Antics

Inspire me Friday - Anything Goes

Crafty Emmas - Autumn

CMS Copic Challenge - Fun Fall Coloring

My Sheri Crafts - Pumpkins

Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturday - Falling Leaves

Fussy and Fancy - Fall/Halloween theme

Just Add Ink - Inspiration Picture #89

Mami Doodles - Mother Nature

Stampin' for the Weekend - Colors of Autumn

Wags 'n Whiskers - Colors of Fall

Crop Stop #41 - Falling Leaves

Cute Card Thursday - Tree-mendous

Delightful Sketches - Colors of Fall

DYSU - Use your Scraps

Forever Friend - Use a sentiment (w/an animal)

Hanna and Friends - Autumn or Halloween

MelJens Design - Ribbon

Rainbow Lady - Falling Leaves

Shelly's Images Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Layers

Stampin' B's Design Team - Use a Bird

Pals Paper Arts #115 - Fall/Thanksgiving

Crafts and Me - Orange

Crafting for all Seasons - Pumpkins/Fall Flowers

Divas by Design - Buttons

Freshly Brewed - Fancy Folds

The House that Stamps Built - Halloween/Fall

The Paper Shelter - Animals

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

Stampavie and More - Autumn

Truly Scrumptious - Distressing

Whimsy Stamps - Diecuts/Punches

Deep Ocean Challenges - Fall Colors

Digital Tuesday - Fall Colors

Papertake Weekly - Get in Shape

Stamp-n-Doodle - Outdoors

Melissa: I Have Prettier Stuff

I will also be entering this in the following Challenges.
Fun With Shapes and More: Sketch
Challenge Up Your Life: Halloween
Color Me Creative: Halloween/Fun Fall colors
Crafting For All Seasons: Fall Flowers/Pumpkins
CES Challenge Blog: Forever Autumn
Delightful Challenge Blog: Fall Colors
Digital Tuesday Challenge: Fall Colors
My Sheri Crafts: Pumpkins
For Fun Challenge Blog: Pumpkins (no faces)
Fussy And Fancy: Fall or Halloween
Hanna And Friends: Fall/Halloween
Inspire Me Fridays: Always Anything Goes
Just Add Ink: Inspiration Challenge
Pals Paper Arts: Fall/thanksgiving
Rainbow Ladies Challenge Blog: Falling Leaves
Stampin For The Weekend: Colors Of Autumn
Wags And Wiskers:Fall Colors

Winners for PIO Challenge #40

Thank you all for participating in PIO #40: Do it for Fun. Be sure to check out all the lovely projects. As always, it was very tough to choose!

#40 Top 3:

#11 bettina 

#62 Heidi 

#67 Dorte no2

Lucky winner:
#23 Ardilla 

Congratulations Ardilla, you win 3 images from Karen’s Doodles! Please contact [alidalis AT comcast DOT net].

If winners do not contact us in 1 month time frame the prize will be voided. Congratulations to you all, and we hope you'll join us for our current challenge, Just Because, sponsored by Niki Sivils.

Pile It On #41 - Just Because

Hi everyone!  Welcome to a new challenge here at Pile It On! Blog.  The ladies have been playing with a very special sponsor's products "Nikki Sivils"!  You may have seen some of these products in your local store and online and let me tell you they are AWESOME!  She has one amazing blog, where you can see where her products are being sold at and it is FULL of amazing inspiration!

This week's winner will receive a  Nikki Sivils' goodie package.

A bit of information about Nikki!
How Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker came to be

Of course it began with a love for scrapbooking. Many years ago Nikki became curious about scrapbooking which lead to a hobby, which developed into a passion, which gave life to a dream. Nikki began creating designs for papers and writing notes about ideas for embellishments. She filled up many notebooks with the hope of one day starting her own company. Her dream became real after Nikki’s husband, Dan, retired from the law firm he co-founded after 16 years of being a lawyer. Dan had desired to embark on a new career for many years. It was one of those moments in life where they knew a door of opportunity could be opened. Nikki and Dan asked, “If not now then when?” Their deep desire to bring the dream into reality became so strong they stepped through the door and together devoted themselves to making it come true.

And now le't just enjoy the DT's work.  They embraced the "Just Because" theme this week!

Helen from Helen's Craft Haven:

Challenges for Helen:
Pile It On! - Just Because
For Fun - Leaves
Moving Along with the Times - Autumn Leaves
One Stop Craft - Anything Goes
PaperPlay - Autumn Colours
Stampavie & More - Autumn


Elizabeth at Warm Harted

Challenges for Elizabeth

Pile it On - just because

ABC Challenge - anything goes

Anything Goes Challenge -diecuts/punches

C.R.A.F.T - bright colors

Creative Stamp Friends - fall

Crafty Boots - animals

Moving Along with the Times - leaves

PaperTake Weekly - anything goes

Paper Play - autumn

Paper Variety - forest animals

Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes

The Pixie Cottage - fall

Raise the Bar - furry friends

Ribbon Carousel - anything goes

Scrap Affair - photo /color inspiration

Stamps R Us - fall

Scrappy from Big-Scrappy-World

Scrappy's Challenges:

PIO - Just Because

Crafts and Me - Use a Digi

Fab 'n Funky - Diecuts and Punches

Truly Scrumptious - Distressing (Distress ink)

CES Challenge - Seeing Red

Totally Papercrafts - Animals

One Stop Crafts - Anything Goes

Anything Goes - Diecuts and Punches

Crafty Boots - Animals/Zoo

Ladybug Crafts Ink - No DP

Raise the Bar - Furry Friends

Inspire me Friday - Anything Goes

Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturday - Things that are round

Crafts and Me - Go digi

The Paper Variety - Forest Friends

Sweet Stampin' - In Stitches 

Just Add Ink - Just Add Diecuts

Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes

Shelly's Images - Sweet Things

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Chris V - Easily Amused

Pile It On #41- Just Because

Sweet Stampin' - In Stitches
Raise the Bar #78 - Furry Friends
Totally Papercrafts #87 - Animals
One Story Crafts #152- Anything Goes
Delightful Inspiration - Falling Leaves
Paper Play week 40 - Autumn colors
Moving Along With the Times #119 - Autumn Leaves
Paper Variety - Forest Friends
Fussy and Fancy - Fall or Halloween

Trish: Hand Full of Stamps

Challenges for Trish:
PIO: just because
Mami Doodles: Mother Nature
Wags 'n Whiskers: handmade
Inspire me Fridays: anything goes
Secret Crafters Challenge: anything goes as long as it sparkles
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge: lots of layers

Winners for PIO Challenge #39

Thank you all for participating in PIO #39: Fancy Folds. Be sure to check out all the lovely projects.

#39 Top 3:

#8 Eulanda 

#25 kbrandy4 

#43 Claire C

Lucky winner:
#55 Tine 

Congratulations Tine, you win a new Emboss or Die CD (Value $17.00 CD) from Technique Junkie. Please contact [alidalis AT comcast DOT net].

If winners do not contact us in 1 month time frame the prize will be voided. Congratulations to you all, and we hope you'll join us for our current challenge, Do It for Fun, sponsored by Karen's Doodles.

Pile It On #40 - Do It For Fun!

It's time for another fabulous challenge at Pile It On where we encourage you to create something that fits with lots of challenges!
The theme this week is "Do It For Fun" where we want to see anything portraying a fun time, event, anything fun at all!

And to help us have some fun we have Karen's Doodles as our sponsor.  Her images are definitively fun and quirky!

Karen Johnson has been drawing all of her life. She has worked on the feature film, “Ferngully The Last Rainforest” and has created animations for Disney, Fisher Price and Mattel. She has illustrated several children’s books and is currently teaching animation at a college in Wisconsin. She started Karen’s Doodles so she could share her whimsical drawings with crafters from around the world.

Karen's Doodle also has a blog, a challenge blog, a children's challenge blog and even a Netherlands Challenge blog!  So tons of challenges to choose from and Pile this week!

The winner this week gets 3 images from Karen’s Doodles!

Now let's see some amazing inspiration from the team, more too come, we had a few un-announced visitors in our houses!

Scrappy from Big-Scrappy-World

Challenges for Scrappy:

PIO - Do it for Fun!

2 Sisters - Fancy Folds

Allsorts - Flowers

365 Cards - Day 215/Lovely Layers

CES - Pretty Girls

Di's Digi Design Challenge - Make your own flowers

Hiding in my Craft Room - Pink

My Sheri Crafts - Think Pink

Marks Finest Papers/Speedy the Cats Friends - Polkadots

Outlawz - Anything Goes

Craft 4 Eternity - Anything Goes

Prairie Fairy Fridays - Pink and Distressed

Fussy and Fancy - Try a new technique

Inspire me Fridays - Anything Goes

Sew Many Cards - Anything Goes

Wags and Whiskers - Handmade

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog - Lots of Layers

Dutch Dare - BINGO

MelJens Designs - Circle and a Square

Southern Girls - Anything Goes

Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge - Inspired by SaTC 2

Shelly's Images - TicTacToe

The Paper Shelter - For the Girls

Crafts and Me - Flowers

Digistamps4Joy - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Punches/Diecuts

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

The Pixie Cottage - Pop it Up

Scrapalicious Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Whimsical Wednesday - Anything Goes

365 Crafts - Triple it

Everybody-Art-Challenge - #161 Color Challenge

Celebrate the Occasion - Any Occasion + Ribbon

Anything Goes - Anything Goes

Scrap-Creations: Going Grey with Scrap Creations - It's Girls Thing

Jen's Digi Stamps - Lets hear it for the Girls

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Fall &/or Fancy Folds

Top Tip Tuesday - 2 or more Ribbon/twine/lace/fabric

Critter Sketch - Anything Goes

Paper Makeup Stamps - Digi Makeover #4 Size Matters

Diecut Dreams - Recipe Challenge #99

Heart Song Inspirations - Use a ribbon or a tag

Incy Wincy - Fancy Folds

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

My Craft Spot - Ribbon

OLLCB - Punches/Diecuts

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Anything Goes

Katie - Both Sides of The Paper

Challenges for Katie:
PIO - Do It For Fun
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Pennys - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
Critter Sketch - Anything Goes
Paper and Such - Recipe (I chose Ribbon, Designer Paper and Twine)(2 entries only)
Creative Belli - Paper Piecing
Aud's Sentiments - Happy Birthday
Deep Ocean - Happy Birthday
The Poodles Parlour - Birthday and Buttons
Paper Crafting Journey - Punches and/or Dies
Top Tip Tuesday - 2 or More (ribbon and twine)
Crafts And Me - Flowers
Allsorts - Flowers

Melissa: I Have Prettier Stuff

I used the Sketch Saturday sketch for this and I entered this in the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks: Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity: Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays: Always Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
For Your Inspiration: Photo Inspiration
Paper Crafting Journey: Die Cuts and/or punches
Digistamps 4 Joy: Anything Goes
Inky Impressions: Dies or Punches
Pennys Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Scrappalicious Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Anything Goes Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays: Anything Goes


Beth: BethieJ's Blog


Challenges For Beth-
PIO- Do It For Fun!
Crafts And Me - Flowers
Hiding In My Craftroom-PINK!
4 Crafty Chicks: Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity: Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays: Always Anything Goes
Make It Mondays- Anything Goes!
Prairie Fairy Fridays - Pink and Distressed
Southern Girls Challenge Blog: Anything Goes